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029 - "Why is There Something Rather than Nothing?"- A False Dilemma?
029 - "Why is There Something Rather than Nothing?"- A False Dilemma?
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jun 1, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Martin Heidegger called this question the most fundamental of all metaphysics: Why is there something rather than nothing? As author Jim Holt states, "It's a question so profound it would only occur to a metaphysician, yet so simple it would occur only to a child."Yet is the question valid? Is something/nothing an either/or proposition? Or as contemporary philosopher Robert Nozick states it, "So why is there something from nothing? There isn't. There's both."This question can be addressed in four different ways: 1) It's the will of God (Leibniz) 2) Existence is a brute fact and does not need a reason (Russell). 3) Quantum particles can pop into existence from nowhere (Krause). 4) It is a false dilemma - both something and nothing co-exist (Hegel) This podcast episode explores.
Released:
Jun 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (81)
008 - Time, God, and Hegel by The Cunning of Geist